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Legion of Leia Podcast Ep. 61: Dr. Janina Scarlet, Author of Superhero Therapy

Legion of Leia Podcast Ep. 61: Dr. Janina Scarlet, Author of Superhero Therapy

Legion of Leia podcast Ep. 61: Dr. Janina Scarlet, author of Superhero Therapy On this week’s Legion of Leia Podcast episode 61, my co-hosts Anastasia Washington, Sabina Ibarra and I welcome Dr. Janina Scarlet, author of the upcoming book Superhero Therapy! Janina has written about the psychology of pop culture on Legion of...

The danger of desensitizing “rape”

Rape. To this day this word makes me shudder. It should. It is not a word to be taken lightly. The current rape statistics are alarming. One in three women have experienced sexual assault at some point in their lives in the United States alone. These statistics are reported to be higher in countries where women are seen as property. One in three...

The Psychology of Anakin Skywalker

Most of my fellow Star Wars fans are counting the days, or even hours until the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The opening day can’t come soon enough. While some of us may be familiar with at least some of the new characters we are going to see in Episode VII, we are for the most part still in the dark about how this film will...

Psychology of ‘The Hunger Games’

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 just opened and we at the Legion of Leia cannot get enough of it. The characters of the series endure countless amounts of torture and excruciating heartbreak. The article below provides a psychological breakdown of the two leading characters of the series, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, both representing...

Legion of Leia Podcast Ep. 14 – Dr. Janina Scarlet and Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Analysis

On this week’s 13th episode of the Legion of Leia Podcast, my co-hosts Anastasia Washington and Sabina Ibarra and I welcome guest Dr. Janina Scarlet, author of the upcoming book “Superhero Therapy,” and multiple chapter author for “The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead,” “Star Wars Psychology:...